polo shirt

Definition

A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).

Etymology

From polo + shirt; so called because they were initially modeled on the type of shirt worn from the 1920s by polo players.

Example Sentences

• "[…] the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents […]"